Adoption Update

So it has been a long time since we have posted anything to our blog. Thanks to the overwhelming support from family and friends we are close to raising all the money we need for our adoption. It has been such a blessing to watch how God has provided for our needs. If you are still interested in piggy banks we are still painting them. We are already talking about where we will be adopting child number two from. :)

Updates about our adoption:

• We should be getting our photo referral in the next 4 weeks. We are anxiously awaiting the first moment we see our little one's face.
• We do know that it will be a boy. He could be anywhere from 14 months to 22 months when we fly to get him.
• We did state on our application that we would accept twins (however that is very unlikely).
• Once we get our photo referral, we could fly to Korea to pick him up as quickly as 2 months or as long as 7 months.
• We have decided on a boy name: Anderson James (nickname: AJ).

Once our eyes were opened to the needs of orphans around the world, it has begun to reshape our lives. While we are waiting to go to Korea to pick up Anderson, we can't put our lives on hold. So this June and July we will be going to Honduras for 3 weeks to volunteer at an orphanage that our church is adopting. Andy is going to lead soccer camps and Kate is going to lead art camps. We know we can adopt every orphan around the world but we can lead lives that demonstrate our love for them.